Thousands crowded downtown Pennsylvania Avenue to take a sample-size bite out of D.C. dining.

The Penn Quarter thoroughfare was blocked to typical traffic, instead of cars, food trucks and tents lined the street, all a part of Taste of D.C. weekend long event.

Long lines of hungry attendees formed at tent after tent, offering sample size portions from local restaurants. Guests could purchase 10 tickets for $15 and redeem tickets for samples of food, ranging in cost from one to nine tickets.

Food trucks parked at the corner of 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue including Sauca, which offered beef sharma and Mumbai butter chicken and Surfside, offering entree size fish tacos.

U Street restaurant legend Ben’s Chili Bowl served their famous half smoke with optional, but strongly recommended,  chili and cheese.

An unusual infusion food item were the “japa-weiners,”Japanese infusion hot dogs from Windows Catering Company. The three hot dog topping options included the “Okonomi,” fried cabbage, okonomiyake sauce, bonita flakes and wasabi mayo, the “Nori,” shishito pepper cheese sauce, teriyaki onions, roasted nori seaweed, enoki mushrooms and pork, and finally the “Yama-Oroshi,” grated daikon radish, ponzu soy, roasted green onions and volcano sauce.

Taste of D.C., sponsored by Groupon, also features musical performances by Big & Rich on Saturday evening, Styx on Sunday and Rusted Root on Monday, as well as a chili eating championship, bier garden and culinary stage.

Taste of D.C. continues Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 10